KJB Daily Devotion – Following Jesus
Through Every Chapter
Date: Wednesday,
April 27, 2016
Chapters: 1
Chronicles 7-8
Message: 1 Chronicles: Training Of A Soldier

Hello My Friend,

Soldier, a
brave warrior; a man of military experience and skill, or a man of
distinguished valor. A soldier goes through extensive training in
order to be able to fight battles. Just like any profession, not just
one type of person is needed to be a soldier, people of all walks of
life are called to be soldiers. Christians are called to be soldiers,
our first step to enlistment is receiving Christ as our Saviour, but
we can be sure that we are going to go through some extensive
training to be able to fight this spiritual battle. “Put
on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
- Ephesians 6:11,12.

While God enlists
some soldiers just for the service of His ministry, the majority of
the time, He enlists them outside of the church. Amazingly, all the
wars throughout the years and even those today are organized by God,
the world is just too blinded to see that God's hand is in all of
this. Chapter 7 lists the tribes of Issachar and Asher who were
trained for war from the time they were born.

“Now
the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and
Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola:
they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was
in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. And the
sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and
Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. And with
them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were
bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had
many wives and sons. The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai,
and Beriah, and Serah their sister. All these were the children of
Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of
valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy
of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six
thousand men.” - 1 Chronicles 7:1-4,30,40.

“they
were valiant men of might in their generations;” Valiant,
Brave; courageous; intrepid in danger; heroic. It really does take a
brave soul to handle not only the spiritual battles of the world, but
of ourselves. We are our worst enemies sometimes as we wrestle with
our own demons deep inside. Only by the power of Christ can we fight
these battles, and let me tell you, He will not only give you the
courage to fight, He will give you victory. “But
thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that
your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” - 1 Corinthians
15:57,58.

In order for any soldier to
able to serve to the fullest, they must endure basic training first.
Chapter 8 focuses in the Benjamites, who were trained as archers. “Now Benjamin begat Bela his
firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, These were heads
of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in
Jerusalem. And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's
name was Maachah: And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and
Baal, and Nadab, And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. And Mikloth begat
Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over
against them. And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat
Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. And the sons of
Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons'
sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.”
- 1 Chronicles 8:1,28-3,40.

“And
the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers,” Valor,
Strength of mind in regard to danger. It is the devil who messes with
our minds and weakens our faith so we are powerless to fight even the
smallest battle. It is the Holy Spirit in us that strengthens our
mind as we read the word of God and pray. The more time we spend in
prayer and the Bible the stronger our mind will become. I learned
something this past week in Sunday school, when you mind is wandering
and you cannot quite focus on God or anything else start reading the
Psalms or listen to some uplifting Gospel music. I had forgotten how
important it was to read those Psalms every day, they are the
encouragement as well as discipline we need to keep us going. Let me
tell you, you can read the Bible and pray all day long, but unless
you are focused and into it you are wasting your time. God wants our
complete attention when we start to talk to Him otherwise He will not
hear us. It is times like this when prayer and fasting comes into
play, we can more in touch with God, keep reading, praying, and
singing until he gives us wisdom to know how to fight the battle and
through the strength of Christ win any battle.

“Is
any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the
church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the
name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and
the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man availeth much.” - James 5:13-16.

Jesus
Christ Revealed: Today, Christ is revealed through the
soldiers, He became the first soldier to give His life to save all
mankind. “Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered; And being made perfect,
he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey
him;” - Hebrews 5:8,9.

Today's
Prayer: God, Since I dedicated my life to serving You
wherever You take me, I understand that You have enlisted me in Your
army to seek and find lost souls. I want to be a brave warrior, give
me Your strength, wisdom and guidance to go out and be a good
soldier. Cover me with Your armor, keep me safe and help me fight
every battle with valor and bravery. With Your Son walking with me I
know I can do all things. In Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless
You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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